Hangry computer

I have a similar theory: Public transportation runs on human life energy.
That's why you feel like crap after a long time you spend in a bus

Computers are full of chips.

@minimilk

And software is full of bugs.

@Daru and you get bugs by leaving chips out.

Maybe that's the logic - put out potato chips so the bugs go after that instead of the electronic chips.

@The_cogwheel

Lol...

Solution one. Done.

Now the next issue. Should one feed the mouse or get rid of it ?

Here we usually joke that computers and other electronics work because they contain smoke. If you let the smoke out, they stop working.

@Kvaseren I've heard that one. My favorite though is that I asked someone how this electronic gadget worked. He replied "FM". So I went "FM? You mean it uses radio waves?" "No. FM. Fucking Magic."

@CN_Renegade And of course, programs must contain a function call to blackUnholyMagic(structWithPointersToEverything);

@Kvaseren That theory predates electronics. The original joke was in reference to Lucas electrical systems on cars and motorcycles as early as WWI. It goes as such:

How Electricals Work:

One recent afternoon while I was laboring in my workshop, a basic truth was revealed to me. I was a bit overwhelmed, so obvious and beautiful, as is the case with the fundamental principles controlling our universe. After years spent pondering their complexities, it was suddenly clear to me how motorcycle and automobile electrical circuits operate. It is the smoke that makes them work. Surely this is so. Each time the smoke escapes from a circuit, the devices connected to it stop working.

Of Course! Remember the last time smoke escaped from a Lucas voltage regulator? It immediately stopped functioning. The veils fell from my eyes as I marveled at this. The wiring harness carries smoke from one device to another. When the main circuit springs a leak, it lets the smoke out of everything all at once, then nothing functions. Since the generator does a lot of work, it requires a lot of smoke. That is why the wire to the generator is so thick.

Consider this well. Lucas electrics appear much more prone to leak than, for instance, Bosch. Why is this so? Aha! Lucas is British. All things British tend to leak. Convertible tops leak water, brake systems leak brake fluid, engine sumps leak oil. It is my experience that British tires leak air, and down through recorded history the British defense establishment has leaked secrets. So the natural order of things calls for British electrical systems to leak smoke more readily than those from other cultures.

It's all so very simple when a fundamental truth becomes clear.

The obvious corollary joke is,
"Why do the English like warm beer?"
"Because Lucas makes their refrigerators."

All hail the Machine Spirit! The Omnissiah has come!

@DutchToSwede Praise to the Omnissiah! The machine spirits must be appeased!

@DutchToSwede

You will never convert me away from our Lord and Savior, RNGeezus.

@DutchToSwede Bloody Heretek.

Wait, computers work by snack energy?! MY LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE

Here is the relevant Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kuai_Kuai_culture

@MikeM_inMd I think it’s less weird that Taiwanese put snacks on their electronics for luck, than it is they have a brand of snacks that translates to “obedient” or “well-behaved.” Gotta be some boring advertisements for them!

OK, I just put a bag of Crisps on my CPU tower and it booted up rimworld with about 4000 mods on it in like 7 seconds, theres something in this!

The ghost in the machine gets angry if his snacks are removed.

Hm... Looks like I finally found the perfect place for this trivia:

There's a line in the Apollo program code for the LM, which is labled "flag orgy", because it sets about 200+ "flags" (i.e. to start underprograms, give informations to the computer etc.). Without this "flag orgy", we would never went on the moon.

Oh. And there's also a commentary for the ignition: "Burn baby". I love 1960s rocket scientists

@IcePhoenix #9822020

Well-named.

@People joking about making offerings and prayers to their machines, read up on St. Isidore.

@Dan I knew about him. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OddJobGods

I think he’s more like the patron of the Internet, but whatever.

@JTTWloverchinese

The Internet, IT technicians and scientists and Students.